Monday 12 August 2013

Holidays and DIY Roses

  Hello everyone!! How's life going on? Mine are pretty normal though, nothing special happen just the same old same old.. haha..Well, the past week is Raya which means another holiday again! Guess the one blessing of being Malaysians are plenty of holidays. I kinda spend my weekend staying at home, catching up some drama, then movie with my sister and went out with my friends. I've watched 2 movie for the past week. Percy Jackson-Sea of Monsters and Smurf 2, I personally prefer Smurf 2 cause it's not so shabby! I am definitely not a cartoon movie fan, I seldom watch them but Percy 2 disappointed me this time. I loved the previous one which is lightning thief, it's amazing and I even went to the theater few times for the same show(you can see I am obsessed that time) but it's that good for me! Last week, I watched some youtube videos and saw tutorial for paper roses. They are called 'origami roses' so I watched it and wanted to make these pretty like roses so badly. That's why when I went out with my friend at Sunday I went to stationary stores to buy the papers. Yesterday I made it! I admit when you saw the tutorials they look not so hard until you make it on your own! The first few roses are pretty awful but with few practices I made it successfully plus I'm thinking about making my mama a b'day card cause her b'day is coming soon. I watched some youtube videos for some inspiration and decided to make an explosion box b'day card. If you don't know about it, you can go youtube to look for them but I won't be posting picture since it's a surprise for my mama so shhhh~~~ Okay, without further ado, let me show you my "masterpiece"....

These are the first few roses

After few practices, here are some of other origami roses with different colours

Actually this is an edited background. but I made the roses and I just edit them to look like a picture



I hope you guys like it and if you are a blogger and you happened to visit my blog pls comment below so I can visit your blog too~



au revoir


Luna

Monday 5 August 2013

July Favourites

Hello everyone~ It's August already and in 4 more months 2013 will end, isn't it too soon?? Yea, time flies. That's why I am here writing a new post. It's actually my new year resolution to start a blog this year and guess what? It took me more than half year to do so thanks to my procrastination. It's never too late to start right? Instead of filming a video, I guess writing them down is better since I am kinda camera shy. Okay, let's get started!


My Jam of the month



From Left to Right
Royals- Lorde
Baby I - Ariana Grande
Acapella - Karmin
Girlfriend - Icona Pop
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

If you haven't listen them yet, go check them out! 

Must have Dramas 




Teen Wolf  Season 3 : If you like fantasy, go for it!
Pretty Little Liars Season 4 : Pretty girls with ugly secrets, never trust them. How far will A bring them?
Games of thrones Season 3 : OMG! This is so far my favorite. I love the whole cast, the story line, the drama! I didn't read the book though cause I don't wanna know what's next and I know the book is good too but I prefer surprises. Team Stark!

Beauty must have



  Face cleanser : Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser 
  Face wipe : Simple Kind to Skin (wipe off sunscreen before cleanse)
  Sunscreen : Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF50 (yeap, I kinda go hardcore on sunblock cause I get redness after long exposure so call me vampire) 
  Lips : Vaseline (the casing is from Hong Kong but I refilled them with original vaseline)
  Body Lotion : Neroli Jasmin from Body Shop (they make me smell good and felt like flower and yesh I wanna smell good even when I'm going to bed #fragranceholic)

Style of the month : 


Actually I have been wearing a lot of shorts lately cause it's too hot and I am THERMOPHOBIA (fear of heat). Nothing stylish. Just summer must haves, pair them up with normal Tee and slippers then viola. Done!



Nails 


~~Color of my Summer~~
Pinkish
Baby Blue
Coral
Bling Bling (of course)


My fail attempt to make polka dots :(


 Snack them up 


Got a little bit of sweet tooth!
Dark Chocolate with Almonds (how perfect is the combination, bought them from Famous amos then pop them in a jar!)

Raisins
Dried Apricots (chewy and sweet!)
Wild Fruit Crunch Cereal (I need some crunch or else life would be dull)
Cold Mineral water (refreshing, aaahhh)
Jacobs Hi-Fibre Biscuits (Salty cravings)
Ice cream ( Cute pic IKR)
Coffee (my addiction)


Imma try my best to upload my favorites of the month more regularly. I think it's a nice way to share my life with you guys. Hope you liked it <3


Luna

Friday 2 August 2013

Online Shopping

  Guess all of you girls have online shopping experience right? It's basically impossible to have no experience (i guess) cause most of us get caught up on those website and couldn't control our little fingers to click on the purchase button. For myself, my first few experiences are horrible because what I saw from the website is totally different from what I get when the package is received. That feeling was, something like sending arrows (the ones with fire)  to your computer when you compare the screen's (which the models are wearing and smiling at you) to what you are getting. That's the rage ( i get kinda emotional sometimes) maybe the rest of you guys just sit there whining and cursing the website, I've been through that too.. I mean some of the online clothes or dresses are not cheap too, how can the difference be so huge (at least the price matches a bit with quality)?? Well, thanks to the photo editing software that makes everything looks good.

  Okay, enough of the sharing. Let's go back to last Sunday. I was online surfing on facebook, twitter, instagram and you guys know how many annoying ads are there on facebook advertising online clothes, shoes or bags whatever. I saw one ad called "ZALORA" and the reason that i clicked in was because they were on sales ( sales is a big word with shining diamonds on it for all girls), I went into the dresses category and look through them ( I was thinking just looking and checking out swearing to myself I won't buy anything) but I was a little caught up in there because the dresses are pretty and some of the prices are quite reasonable after the discount (that's how girls convince themselves when they shouldn't buy anything). Discount sounds like a magic word and makes sense to everything. So, with so many choices I have to narrow them down to the last 4 dresses to choose. Thinking of the previous experience, I was in a little bit of dilemma. So I look at the materials, measurements and the price and you know what, it was a good bargain. At last, finally after a long debate in my head I've decided to buy two of them. Just two and no more, couldn't go crazy for the first time (Zalora is still a testing phase). Okay, Let me show you the pictures down there...



  The colorful dress is a crochet lace material and the pink one is non-strechable poly-mix material. So far, the dresses does look like what's on Zalora website. There is link to Crochet Lace dress and Baroque Print dress for you guys to see and compare. Bear in mind that the colors may be little different from the website and my picture. I can assure it's same color and quality. I am a happy girl when the package arrived at Monday cause I bought it on Sunday, just one day of waiting! You guys know, the waiting, the curiosity on how the dresses looks like and will they fit?? These thought kills you. Zalora did a fairly good job on impressing me and the most important thing is they allow you to return the goods within 30 days provided that they are still in their original form. That's why i decided to give it a shot and here I am sharing my experience to you guys!

  Plus, I wanna share few tips on how to online shopping (with my experience before and my friend's too cause we share what we bought online) that's why I kinda know what to avoid. First, I kinda focus on the material when it comes to online shopping. You can only see them, not touching the material and of course no trying. Keep in mind that pictures always lie! If you guys want something that is more thick and with better cutting, look for polyster or poly-mix material (always look for something that is thick) if it's a dress unless you go for the summer flowy casual dress. The quality won't go too wrong with these materials. I always avoid chiffon because it hardly gives you the nice cutting or shape and the material is flowy and thin. You don't want to buy a dress and wear them only, you want to look good on them too. Second, measurements are important too, measure yourself before considering clicking on the purchase button (don't go with 'i guess this will fit me'). Don't aim for the exact same size as the measurement state, aim for few inches or cm wider just for in'case. Bigger is always better than small sizes (well, we still want a chance to wear them right?). If the online stores have a return policy like Zalora of course it's good, if not you have to be SURE. Like sure sure. We all like to spend money on pretty things, things we like but always remember to spend them wisely. Make sure it's worth your money! Lastly if you guys wanna go visit the website go to Zalora, this one is for Malaysia ones but if you guys live outside Malaysia just google Zalora and see whether they ship to your country.

Disclaimer: I am not promoting for Zalora and sponsored by them.  I just share my experience and I bought the two dresses with my own money. 

All the best!




Luna